The General
Conference, by its 35C/Resolution 72, approved the following
list of anniversaries with which UNESCO is associated in
2010-2011 (listed in the French alphabetical order of Member
States):

Frédéric Chopin,
composer (1810-1849) Proposed by Poland, with the support of
France

(1) 100th anniversary of the
first independent periodical, Serâj-ul-akhbâr, created in 1911 by
its founder-editor Mahmud Tarzi, the father of journalism in
Afghanistan (Afghanistan) (2) 550th anniversary of the birth of
Tilman Riemenschneider, sculptor (c.1460-1531) (Germany) (3)
150th anniversary of the death of Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher
(1788-1860) (Germany) (4) 200th anniversary of the death of
Heinrich von Kleist, writer (1777-1811) (Germany) (5) 200th
anniversary of the birth of Robert Schumann, music composer
(1810-1856) (Germany) (6) 800th anniversary of the birth of
Toros Roslin, manuscript illuminator (1210-1270) (Armenia) (7)
1600th anniversary of the birth of Movses Khorenatsi, historian (c.
410-493) (Armenia) (8) 200th anniversary of the birth of Ivan
Khrutsky, painter (1810-1885) (Belarus) (9) 200th anniversary of
the birth of Zachary Zograph, representative of Bulgarian
Renaissance art (1810–1853) (Bulgaria) (10) 100th anniversary of
the birth of Roberto Matta Echaurren, painter (1911-2002) (Chile)
(11) 50th anniversary of the beginning of the intellectual
career of Professor Harris Memel-Fotê (1930-2008) (Côte d’Ivoire)
(12) 100th anniversary of the discovery of the MohorovičićDiscontinuity by Andrija Mohorovičić (1910) (Croatia)
(13) 300th
anniversary of the birth of Ruđer Josip Bošković, physicist,
astronomer, mathematician (1711-1787) (Croatia) (14) 450th
anniversary of the birth of Marko Antun de Dominis, philosopher and
scientist (1560-1624) (Croatia) (15) 100th anniversary of the
birth of José Lezama Lima, writer (1910-1976) (Cuba) (16) 100th
anniversary of the birth of Monseñor Leonidas Proaño (1910-1988)
(Ecuador) (17) 50th anniversary of the first edition of the
International Festival “Struga Poetry Evenings” (the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia) (18) 1000th anniversary of the foundation
of the city of Yaroslavl (1010) (Russian Federation) (19) 50th
anniversary of the first manned mission to space (1961) (Russian
Federation) (20) 150th anniversary of the birth of Anton
Pavlovich Chekhov, writer (1860-1904) (Russian Federation) (21)
300th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Lomonosov, scientist and
writer (1711-1765) (Russian Federation) (22) 500th anniversary
of the publication of The Praise of Folly by Erasmus (1511) (France)
(23) 1100th anniversary of the foundation of the Abbey of Cluny
(910) (France) (24) 150th anniversary of the birth of Vazha
Pshavela, writer (1861-1915) (Georgia) (25) 100th anniversary of
the birth of Vakhtang Chabukiani, ballet dancer, choreographer and
teacher (1910-1992) (Georgia) (26) 1000th anniversary of the
beginning of the construction of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (Georgia)
(27) 300th anniversary of the foundation of the Town of Saint
George’s (1710) (Grenada) (28) 200th anniversary of the birth of
Franz Liszt, composer (1811-1896) (Hungary, with the support of
France) (29) 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa
(1910-1997) (India, with the support of the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia) (30) 150th anniversary of the birth of
Rabindranath Tagore, thinker, philosopher and poet (1861-1941)
(India) (31) 1300th anniversary of Nara Heijo-kyo, capital (710)
(Japan) (32) 50th anniversary of the Latvian School Youth Song
and Dance Festival (1960) (Latvia, with the support of Estonia and
Lithuania) (33) 100th anniversary of the death of Mikalojus
Konstantinas Čiurlionis, painter (1875-1911) (Lithuania) (34)
100th anniversary of the birth of Czesław Miłosz, writer (1911-2004)
(Lithuania and Poland) (35) 150th anniversary of the birth of
Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, and the 100th anniversary of the reaching
of the South Pole by Roald Amundsen, explorer (Norway) (36)
400th anniversary of the University of Santo Tomás (1611)
(Philippines) (37) 150th anniversary of the birth of Ignacy Jan
Paderewski, pianist and politician (1860-1941) (Poland) (38)
200th anniversary of the birth of Frédéric Chopin, composer
(1810-1849) (Poland, with the support of France) (39) 50th
anniversary of the University of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of
the Congo) (40) 50th anniversary of the death of Patrice Emery
Lumumba, symbol of pan-Africanism (1925-1961) (Democratic Republic
of the Congo) (41) 1250th anniversary of the birth of Fârsî
Beizavî , known as Sîbûye (Sîbawaihi), philologist (761-796)
(Islamic Republic of Iran) (42) 1000th anniversary of the
composition of the Shâhnâme “The Book of the Kings” (Islamic
Republic of Iran) (43) 750th anniversary of the active life of
Khâje Nasîr-ud-Dîn Tûsî, scientist (1201-1274) (Islamic Republic of
Iran, with the support of Azerbaijan) (44) 700th anniversary of
the death of Qutb-ud-Dîn Shîrazî, scientist (1236-1311) (Islamic
Republic of Iran) (45) 100th anniversary of the birth of Karel
Zeman, film-maker (1910-1989) (Czech Republic) (46) 200th
anniversary of the establishment of the Prague Conservatory (1811)
(Czech Republic) (47) 50th anniversary of the death of Simion
Stoilow, mathematician (1887-1961) (Romania) (48) 50th
anniversary of the death of Lucian Blaga, poet (1895-1961) (Romania)
(49) 50th anniversary of the death of Mihail Sadoveanu, writer
(1880-1961) (Romania) (50) 450th anniversary of the birth of
Francis Bacon, writer and philosopher (1561-1626) (United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (51) 100th anniversary of
the birth of Alioune Diop, Senegalese intellectual (1910-1980)
(Senegal) (52) 100th anniversary of the birth of Jan Cikker,
composer (1911-1989) (Slovakia) (53) 150th anniversary of the
birth of Martin Kukučín, writer (1860-1928) (Slovakia) (54)
100th anniversary of the birth of Jeanne Hersch, philosopher
(1910-2000) (Switzerland) (55) 100th anniversary of the birth of
Mirzo Turzun-Zoda, poet (1911-1977) (Tajikistan) (56) 100th
anniversary of the birth of Kukrit Pramoj (1911-1995) (Thailand)
(57) 100th anniversary of the birth of Euah Suntornsanan,
composer (1910-1981) (Thailand) (58) 100th anniversary of the
death of Osman Hamdi Bey, painter, archaeologist and art expert
(1842-1910) (Turkey) (59) 400th anniversary of the birth of
Evliya Çelebi, writer (1611-1682) (Turkey) (60) 1000th
anniversary of the foundation of St Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv (1011)
(Ukraine) (61) 150th anniversary of the death of Taras
Shevchenko, writer (1814-1861) (Ukraine) (62) 500th anniversary
of the birth of Ivan Fyodorov, founder of book printing in Belarus,
Russia and Ukraine (1510-1583) (Ukraine, with the support of the
Russian Federation and Belarus) (63) 1000th anniversary of the
foundation of the city of Thang Long Ha Noi (1010) (Viet
Nam)